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Link Collection: Prompts

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Prompts, sparks, collaborations. Whatever you call them, many journalers and journal sites regularly provide inspiration for diary entries. Whether it's a topic or a question, whether you need to 'join' or submit links, these are excellent places to visit when the inkwell (or pixelwell) runs dry.

Rotating Prompts: Questions or topics posted regularly (usually monthly) for diarists to build on, often linking to all responses.

Diarist.Net Spark
Our own random prompt-of-the-day, incorporating authors' submissions.
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The Alchera Project Online
Monthly writing prompts from an online writing community.
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Ampersand Project
Projects focus on a single topic - word, phrase, picture or quotation.
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Connected Recollections
Connected Recollections is a collection of short memoir writing pieces from various on-line journallers. Monthly topics are posted to evoke a childhood memory. Last updated September 2000.
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Diary Collaboration
The original journal "collaboration" site. Inactive as of August 1998.
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Fugue
A monthly collaboration, directed at artists in general but often applicable to journalers. Ended August 2002.
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The "If..." Project
Tough questions each month to make writers reach deep within and really examine our thoughts, our memories, our values, our beliefs.
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Iron Journalists
A monthly recipe "collab," inspired by the TV cooking game show "Iron Chef." Last updated August 2000.
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Out There! Collaborations
An open monthly collaboration, without participation requirements. Last updated May 2001.
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Random Acts of Journaling
A variety of prompts every month, from pictures to quotes to questions. Participants are urged to join the webring and contribute prompts.
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Writing Prompts
From WritersDigest.com, 365 idea joggers and brain starters, one rotated daily.
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Yellow Lines
A zine which accepts fiction and non-fiction contributions; monthly prompts.
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Prompt Collections: Simple and reliable static lists of questions and topics, many from more generic creative writing resources.

CanTeach
Writing prompts and journal topics courtesy CanTeach, a resource site for educators.
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Five Paragraph Essay
At this site, you will find prompts divided into three categories: Expository, Personal Narrative, and Persuasive.
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Prompts for Individuals
Courtesy the Writing Center at Black Hills State University.
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Prompts for Groups and Classrooms
Courtesy the Writing Center at Black Hills State University.
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Ten Character Diary Entries
Ten creative writing activities courtesy Traci's List of Tens from the Daedalus Group.
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Ten Narrative Writing Prompts
Ten creative writing activities courtesy Traci's List of Tens from the Daedalus Group.
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Defunct Prompts: Sites gone missing. Click at your own risk.

Asylum
Monthly jumping-off points, often feelings or moods, to use in your writing. From the mental health e-zine Asylum. Site offline.
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Breasts of Doom Collab
Monthly prompts focused on breasts, from the Breasts of Doom boob 'burb. Site offline.
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Daily Prompts
A new daily prompt for diary writing courtesy About.Com's Journals site and Catherine DeCuir, plus archives and links to more resources. Site offline.
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Fairytale Collab
A collab featuring a different fairytale every two months. Submissions may be in the form of a written version (poetry or prose) of the featured fairytale, a piece of visual art connected to it, or a personal essay on the fairytale. Site offline.
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Inkblot
A monthly prompt in the form of a black-and-white photograph. Participants submit their written reactions for publication on the site. Site offline.
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The Kitty Kollab
People who love cats and who want to write about them. A low pressure collab, with few restrictions or obligations. Site offline.
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Lost & Found
A daily examination of the many faces of love. Site offline.
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OLJ Today
A daily writing prompt, from the journaling e-zine OLJ. Site offline.
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Recently Received
Journallers write a letter to themselves, based on the monthly topic, in the voice of the sender. Site on hiatus.
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Searching
We all search, as writers, as humans, for who exactly we are. We search for words that express the ideas we have. This theme lends itself to a collaborative web journal/blog project. Site offline.
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Shadows & Light
A quarterly writing prompt for members of the Shadows & Light webring. Site offline.
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Something to Say
A participatory ring for women journalers. Ring membership/links required. Site offline.
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Third Person
Journalers experimenting with journal entries by writing one a month in the third-person. Site offline.
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Torn Curtains
Writers whose courage and honesty give us a glimpse into their human frailty and thereby provide us an opportunity to take solace in our own. Webring and mailing list membership required. Site offline.
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Top Five Collab
Monthly lists - top five CDs, top five places to have sex, top five break ups. Site offline.
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Waning Poetic
A monthly open "collab" project, without writing or participation requirements. Site offline.
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Writing in the Sand
An open, general monthly entry "collaboration." Site offline.
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Writing Prompts
A static list of writing prompts courtesy the San Juan Unified School District from February 1998. Site offline.
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Writing Prompts for Young Authors
A collection of writing prompts for your writing adventures, courtesy About.Com, from May 2000. Site offline.
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